Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!helios!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!seismo!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mstar!mstar.morningstar.com!bob From: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: SLIP/2400baud/X11R4 Message-ID: Date: 15 Feb 91 05:26:48 GMT References: <0094429E.C1CA3E60@ELM.CIRCA.UFL.EDU> Sender: usenet@MorningStar.COM (USENET Administrator) Reply-To: bob@MorningStar.Com (Bob Sutterfield) Organization: Morning Star Technologies Lines: 15 In-Reply-To: statman@oak.circa.ufl.edu's message of 13 Feb 91 14:36:57 GMT In article <0094429E.C1CA3E60@ELM.CIRCA.UFL.EDU> statman@oak.circa.ufl.edu (Charles D. Kincaid) writes: Will SLIP run acceptably over a 2400 baud line? Is anybody doing this? Depends upon how much you expect of it, and how much pain you're willing to undergo. I ran our connection to the Internet over a 2400bps link (not even header compression :-( for several months. Such a slow connection is useful for name and time service and mail delivery, and the occasional finger or whois. Don't expect to be pleased with its interactive responsiveness, and don't expect your file transfers to move data any faster than the mean continental drift rate. Blow a few bucks on a modern modem, it'll be good for your blood pressure.